Yoghurt

A friend in TorC has gotten the hook up for fresh whole milk from someone in the area with

cows. I told him I was interested and within a week I had a gallon of milk. Im not a big milk drinker and so had to think quick to figure out what to do with it. I looked into ice cream, gelato, cheese and finally decided that the easiest thing to do was to make yoghurt. The prep process only takes about 45 minutes, but the fermentation takes 12 hours. Here is what I did:

1. Procure some whole milk.

2. Heat milk to 180 deg F.

3. Put heated milk into quart Mason Jar.

4. Put hot milk into cold water bath and cool to 110 deg. F.

5. Add live yoghurt starter from previous batch or store bought.

6. Add flavoring and sweetener if desired.

7. Incubate at 90-110 def F for 12 hrs. (I used my hot spring water)

This stuff came out delicious! I made one plain batch and a vanilla sweetened with Agave nectar.

Beano's Dr. Visit

I had to take Bean to the Vet today for Xrays. On Saturday I noticed that a fishing fly had fallen behind my desk and I made the mistake of leaving it there. Of course Bean found it and when I saw it again there wasnt much left, including the hook. She started acting a bit sick this morning, so I took her in for Xrays. No hook inside. So the hook is still missing...

Bean and Ses

I've been having to enforce more selfrestraint with Bean, otherwise she gets out of control. Today she tried her best to hold in her excitement, but seeing Mikey and Ses for the first time is such a long time (a few hours) was too much. She laid down but almost exploded, and her only release was to do some unsolicited roll overs. She only did two but they were very precise and were enough to safetly drain her energy.

Raw Sunflower Sushi

I got this recipe from a friends raw cookbook after trying some rolls
that he made. These take some effort to make but are awesome. They are
trying to replicate spicy tuna rolls and do a decent job. Ingredients:
raw soaked sunflower seeds, celery, onion, bell pepper, cucumber,
jalepeno, dill, Lemmon juice, sea salt black, black pepper and olive
oil.

Smithsonian exhibit

TorC somehow got a traveling exhibit about American roots music. There
was a free showing this weekend so I stopped by. There were some nice
displays and some interactive instruments.

A Big Day for Bean

We went for a walk this morning at Elephant Butte Lake, then a midday bike ride and finally a play-date with Sesame and LuLu. Shes sleeping now.

What my dog is capable of

Bean crippled a mouse yesterday. She has been very interested in a
pile of sand for the past several days and I figgured it was because
of rodents. Yesterday evening she finally for one and broke it's back
legs. This morning I found it in the same place. Careful. Your dog
could do this too.

Cabbage+salt+fermentation=kraut

I was suppose to be going to a fermentation workshop today but decided
against it due to the many things I need to get done at home. We got
some spotty showers starting late in the morning so I decided to go
ahead and start some kraut. It took a total of about 15 minutes.

Garden plot planting

I planted seeds in my garden plot this morning; Mammoth Dill, broccoli Di Cicco, Detroit Dark Red Beets, Monnapa Spinach (and a few seeds of a slow bolting variety), Cherry Belle Radishes, Ruby Swiss Chard, French Breakfast Raddish, White stem Bok Choy, Fordhook Giant Swiss Chard, Dwarf Blu Curled Kale, Mesculun and Baby Oakleaf lettuce.

Bean thinking of delicious veggies

Garden plot after

I built up my plot at the community garden this morning. They had all
the materials and tools on hand which made it easy. I will be planting
some lettuces and other greens in the morning.

Garden plot before

Loading up

My friend mikey snapped this shot while we were getting the last if my
stuff from my old place. Glad to be done moving for now.

Turnips

Today I got a plot at the community garden in TorC. I met a member if
the garden who had her dog there so we took LuLu and Bean down on the
river to play. We met a 12 year old lab that taught our dogs to swim.
A great drain of energy for young pups. Oh and I scored some nice
turnips.